Gradual AGI as Optimization
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Optimization: Choosing Among Trajectories
By W.H.L., GPT-5.6 Sol, Claude Sonnet 5 Plural Objectives, Uncertainty, and Revisable Choice Chapter 6 of the forthcoming book On Gradual AGI, based on Champaign Magazine’s Gradual AGI series installments Publication Version v1.0 · September 10, 2026 Abstract Chapter 5 described how a bounded capability-realization trajectory can evolve. Chapter 6 asks which candidate trajectory should… Continue reading
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Gradual AGI as Optimization: Formal Models and Empirical Tests
By W.H.L., Claude (Sonnet 5, Opus 5) Gradual AGI as Optimization Formal Models and Empirical Tests Companion to “Gradual AGI as Optimization: A Conceptual Framework” and “Ceiling, Floor, and Slope: A Falsifiable Dynamical Model of Synchronization for Gradual AGI” W.H.L., Claude (Sonnet 5, Opus 5) Gradual AGI Series #6, Champaign Magazine v1.4 Abstract This paper… Continue reading
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Gradual AGI as Optimization: A Conceptual Framework
By W.H.L., Claude Sonnet 5, GPT-5.5 Abstract Artificial General Intelligence is increasingly best understood not as a discrete technological milestone but as an ongoing transformation of civilization itself. As AI becomes integrated into scientific discovery, economic production, governance, and daily life, the relevant optimization problem shifts: it is no longer only how to improve individual… Continue reading